"Hello User Jack Goodspeed. I am System Sprite 833, or Bee. I am glade you made it. I have many things to explain to you.".
Being addressed directly was a shock to Jack. Of the things he expected this was not one of them. Thoughts running through his mind taking a few moments to catchup. He would pass through a couple of emotions as he settled somewhere between confusion, anger, and curiosity. "What, what do you mean a lot to explain to me. Also why me?".
Bee floating to the table activating it with a beep. The table changing to display scenes around the museum, and it's attached airfield. Thankfully no scenes of carnage. Soon stopping on the Hounds banging, and scratching against the door below. The sounds faint, but matching what was being seen. Proving this was a live feed of some kind. "It is not you specifically, but all the humans. Be they changed into other races, or not. Situations like you find yourself in, system features outside the basic functions, entities like myself, and many more things. Would all be normally covered in a tutorial of sorts, and depending on the involved races collective age of majority. That tutorial could be minutes or years long.".
Bees form turning from the magical seeming hologram on the Table to Jack would give a feeling of frustration as it switched colors between it's light blue, red, and a deep darker blue. After a few seconds as Jack stared at the table, and Bee, "So we didn't get this tutorial for some reason, and now chaos. Do you know why? There is a lot of death and destruction out there. At the very least fighting for supplies. The city is on fire. Enough to light up the skyline.".
"Yes, I do.", bee floating around the table coming to a stop closer to Jack. Settling in it's floating taking a single color of sky blue. "As can likely be guessed by some. There are other Worlds with various Races. Some you might be familiar with as your Sci-Fi, and fantasy stories come very close. This is universal actually. Not even the system knows why this is. However, there are race that no one knows about until told. Not all of these races are …Nice.". The table hologram switching to show a view of a galaxy not unlike if not exactly what was though to be the Milkyway, but with various areas marked off with red and blue lines. There were any sections. "Every Race when introduced to the system is assigned a sector of space around their home world. Sometimes these sectors are good sometimes they are bad. Earth as you know it I in a really good sector.".
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The table hologram zooming in to Show a sector marked Sol Sector centered on a star marked Sol. Then zooming out showing there were six other sectors bordering it. All marked red. "Sectors can be conquered by other sectors, or forfeited by the race that it's assigned to. Especially if they show a bad system compatibility during the tutorial. With that said there are protocols if a new sector, and it's assigned Race are threatened by other nearby sectors. However Sol Sector is a first in that there are not simply one or two hostile sectors but six.". Bee's voice turning darker and grave, "The tutorial is usually shortened by the system based on the number of hostile Sectors covering the basics, and giving substantial rewards to offset the danger. Sol Sector was reduced to the absolute minimal explanation, and Maximum rewards.".
The atmosphere taking a lighter tone as the table reverted to it's default floating crystal, lighting the place in sky blue startling Jack as the mood switched. Bee taking a cheerful yet robotic tone, "ONE of those rewards are System sprites like myself! All natural denizens of Sol Sector get a System sprit to help them. There are nine more. You Will receive them in two minutes and fifteen seconds.".
Being thrown off a bit Jack would bring up the System screen. Seeing the timer counting down. He wanted to be angry at all this, but he needed to figure things out for himself first before sitting down to truly think about things. Looking back to the table assuming it's the target, "Why when the timer is up? Why not now? It would really help if those rewards are useful.".
"That User Jack is because you are in Combat. I, as a system Construct, can only talk to you right now because you are near the Area Marker. This can be changed later. I must also in form you of a danger you have fallen for. Namely the reason you are here instead of wondering the hangers.". Looking up to Bee. Jack would have a worried expression. "User Jack one of the things that would normally be covered in Tutorial are Areas, and Zones. Areas are fit for Habitation, and Zones are monster infested. Just like Sectors they can be conquered. Areas, and Zones are switchable depending on what, or who is in charge. When monsters invade an unclaimed Area everyone that is the area not a monster is drawn to the Area Marker. The same is for a Zone just reversed. This is done to be fair."